Benny

Boy name

Benny has been given to 49,144 babies in the U.S. since 1882. It peaked in 1948 and currently ranks #841 for boys (2025).

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

49,144

Peak year

1948 (1,074 babies)

Rank in 2025

#841 for boys

First recorded

1882

10-year trend

▲ +164%

Gender split

1% girls / 99% boys

Benny Feilhaber

American soccer player

Benny Golson

American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (1929–2024)

Benny Hinn

American-Canadian evangelist

Benny Morris

Israeli historian (born 1948)

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Benny.

49,536 babies since 1880

47,849 babies since 1880

52,215 babies since 1880

45,140 babies since 1896

42,900 babies since 1880

41,347 babies since 1880

40,215 babies since 1880

39,393 babies since 1880

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